JUDGMENT - 1. This is an application under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India for a writ of certiorari to quash the demand made by the Tahsiklar on 4-10-1958 for an amount of Rs. 17,199.5 nP. and also for a writ of certiorari and mandamus against the respondents Nos. 1 to 5 prohibiting them from taking steps against the petitioner for the recovery of the aforesaid amount.

2. The material facts may be briefly stated as follows: The petitioner, the Nagpur Glass Works (Ltd.), Nagpur, is a public limited company, registered under the Indian Companies Act, 1913. The Company has two departments, one department deals in the manufacture of Glassware and the other department deals in the manufacture of metals, such as, burners, lamps and lanterns. The first department is known as the Glass-ware Department and the second department is known as the Metal Department. The Company had started a private Provident Fund Scheme under the provisions of the Provident Funds ACT of 1925. This scheme inter alia contemplated contributions from the workers on the basis of certain percentage of their basic salaries, to which the company were to add an equal contribution. The Provident Funds A

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